From Deference to Defiance Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629–1692
This book recreates the lost world of 17th-century Charlestown and the lives and work of the first three generations of its townspeople. By using a variety of surviving records, Thompson presents a colorful history of the town’s settlement and governance, its relationship with the land and sea, the church, local crime and violence, the role of women, and ultimately its involvement in the Glorious Revolution.
Cleopatra: A Life
Author: Stacy Schiff
Published: 2010
Paperback, 390 pages
Art of Family Genealogical Artifacts in New England
An indispensable resource illuminating the world of decorative arts and its relationship to family history, this book features fifteen chapters by leading authorities, including Abbott Lowell Cummings, Wendell Garrett, Maureen Taylor, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, and others. The book contains more than 200 black and white illustrations and 16 color plates.
By D. Brenton Simons and Peter Benes
Published: 2002
8½ x 10½ hardcover, 350 pages, illustrated
A Family Becoming American, Volume 4: Adams (2-volume set)
David W. Kruger, Foreword by Gary Boyd Roberts
Published: January 2019
Hardcover; 1,202 pages in 2 volumes, illustrated